superb artichoke

Hello!I am now blogging with my husband, Robb, at our new site: http://robbplusjessie.com

See you there!

xoxo

Jessie

how to have fun with food

Thanks to Robb for sharing!

it’s true. i am copying serrah. 

but as i loved franny and zooey by j.d. salinger, i decided to see for myself which dysfunctional glass family member i am.hardly a surprise:

You are Franny. You are disillusioned with life and are not sure what you want or believe in. You tend to break down. When you do, you want to be coddled and taken care of - but what you need is someone who will talk some sense into you and tell you what you don’t want to hear.  

in other thoughts. i can’t wrap my mind around that idea that people are actually buying things off of robb’s and my wedding registry.

thank you! 

is give up my olivetti. 

but alas. it cannot move to wisconsin with me. i bought it for $14 at st. vincent de paul in ellensburg, washington.

does anyone want to take it off my hands? it works lovely and needs a new ribbon soon. sure, it has a few abnormalities, but none that scream defect.

this is like giving up one of my “children”… after all, i have wanted a manual typewriter for ages … and this guy was a steal! love him to pieces and he has helped me compose some wonderful letters.

you never know when there might be a power outage and you need a backup to your laptop.

for more photos click: Olivetti.

because i found cheap tin cans

and a bushel of branches for

my wedding decorations

2 months & 8 days

but i must away to

bake cookies i am testing for

wedding favors

gingerbread.

mmm. 

Check out our wedding website:

robbplusjessie.com

Cathy has a new blog!

Go visit A Spacious Place, now!

Oh my. I have just finished an amusing book! David Sedaris’ fifth book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim has left me with a feeling of satisfaction. Don’t you love that feeling when you have finished a book that grabbed you from the first line, ok maybe not the first line in this book, it’s pretty ordinary (”When my family first moved to North Carolina, we lived in a rented house three blocks from the school where I would begin the third grade.” p 3). To me, that is an average beginning, but Mr. Sedaris pulls you into his family life with the greatest of ease that you feel like you are growing up with this obsessive-compulsive, découpage-er of his electrical sockets, double-fisted flashlight carrier (to ward off zombies in his Normandy “willage”), and the list goes on. I am terrible at book reviews; I like to give the whole thing away and use too much detail doing so. Rather, I recommend you pick up a copy of this book and sit down with a nice cup of tea and join Sedaris’ crazy family.

Let me leave you with a chunk of text from a chapter called “A Can of Worms” about Mr. Sedaris sitting in a burger place called the Apple Pan in LA with his partner and another friend. Mr. Sedaris was listening to a conversation next to him about the can of nematodes discovered on the Texas plains that had survived the explosion of the space shuttle that was intended to bring them into space. Mr. Sedaris, having been told you are supposed to eat the pie backwards (ending with the tip) and make a wish on it ponders what he would wish:

… I stayed out of it, thinking of what might have been had I not wasted my wish. A laboratory filled with sensitive equipment. Men in white coats, trembling with hope and wonder as they lean forward, catching the sound of one small voice. ‘Come to think of it,’ the worm says, ‘I do remember seeing something suspicious.’”

(p. 210)

I can’t do the book justice, but there you go. A peek into Mr. Sedaris’ writings. You should really read the book. Robb, having read Me Talk Pretty One Day (another Sedaris’ book that Cathy loaned him for his trip) informed me that Sedaris reminds him a lot of me: his way of thinking, etc. I think that is a compliment, but I can only hope so be as witty as Mr. Sedaris. Oimoi…

Other news. Today is Robb’s birthday. He spent the day in Cambridge visiting historic sites and treated himself to a pint of cider at The Eagle Pub (formerly known as the Eagle and the Child) where Francis Crick and James Watson “discovered the secret of life” notably the structure of the DNA helix. They also visited Trinity College and saw an apple tree which descended from Sir Isaac Newton’s apple planted on the campus. Robb also enjoys stained glass, so their trip to King’s College made for a great treat. Hopefully he writes about it because he was really excited about its beauty, history and theology.

Also. Robb bought me 4 oz. of Earl Grey tea. He said that I will really enjoy it. Mmm I have the bestest friend.

I miss him.

Why does

Microsoft Windows use a

Recycle Bin

While Mac OsX

uses a

Trash Can

Anyone? Anyone?

Since it is summer, and summer reminds me of swinging with Robb, and I always recite this poem I learned in 3rd grade, I thought I would post it:

‘The Swing’

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,	5
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside—
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown—	10
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

 

  Robert Louis Stevenson